Nanjing, an ancient metropolis of six different dynasties, is a city with mountains, waters and green trees. About 5000 to 6000 years ago some people came to the tableland by waters and made a living by fishing, hunting or farming. The modern new Nanjing is the economic and cultural center in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It has started its voyage to the outside world.
Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum:
Situated in Zhongshan Mountain in the eastern suburb of of Nanjing. The Mountain is also called Zijinshan Mountain (Purple Gold Mountain), Owing to the fact that purple clouds were often found hovering over its peaks. The mausoleum is firstly built in 1926 and Dr.Sun's remains were buried here on June 1, 1929. It has a shape of an alarm bell, including the Sacrificial Hall, the Coffin Chamber, the Stele Pavilion, the Passway and the Marble Archway. All the buildings were arranged along a north-south axis.
The city wall:
It is one of the special products of Chinese culture occupied an important position in the development of Chinese culture. The city wall was a military defensive project to defend the city. Nanjing city wall was designed by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang after he founded the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Different from ancient city walls in Beijing and Xi'an, its design and construction were unique and changed the old ways of equilibrium and symmetry. The construction concentrated on military defence because the city was at the foot of a mountain-- a natural barrier to control the commanding elevation with the river as its natural city moat. Because of this, the 60-square-kilometer Nanjing city became strategically located and difficult to reach.
